[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 77 (Tuesday, May 19, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5611-S5612]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           2008 SLOAN AWARDS

 Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, today I join with my colleague, 
Senator Lincoln, to congratulate the 2008 winners of the Alfred P. 
Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility, which 
recognizes companies that have successfully used flexibility to meet 
both business and employee goals. Our offices coordinate and lead the 
Senate Staff Work Group on Workplace Flexibility, now in its 8th month. 
Since September 2008, our staff and that of at least 16 of our 
colleagues and as many as four different committees have gathered once 
a month to hear from research experts and listen to first-hand employer 
and employee experience on this important issue facing our Nation's 
workforce and families today. It is our goal to better define the 
appropriate role of government in this equation, moving from there to 
achieve bipartisan policies that help and do not frustrate families or 
hinder businesses. The Sloan Awards are an important component in the 
national shift toward employment policies that work better for both 
employers and employees as this Nation faces the reality of dual income 
households struggling to balance the multiple time commitments of 
children, disabled or aging family members and their jobs. The Sloan 
Awards are presented by the When Work Works initiative, which is a 
project of the Families and Work Institute in partnership with the 
Institute for a Competitive Workforce, an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber 
of Commerce, and the Twiga Foundation Inc. The When Work Works 
initiative is sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
  The companies receiving Sloan Awards are to be commended for their 
excellence in providing workplace flexibility practices which benefit 
both employees and employers. Achieving greater flexibility in the 
workplace, the goal of which is to maximize productivity while 
attracting the highest quality employees, is a key challenge facing 
American companies in the 21st century.
  Businesses in the following 30 cities were eligible for recognition 
in the 2008 Sloan Awards: Atlanta, GA; Aurora, CO; Birmingham, AL; 
Boise, ID; Brockton, MA; Chandler, AZ; Charleston, SC; Chicago, IL; 
Dallas, TX; Dayton, OH; Detroit, MI; Durham, NC; Houston, TX; 
Lexington, KY; Long Beach, CA; Long Island, NY; Louisville, KY; 
Melbourne-Palm Bay, FL; Milwaukee, WI; Morris County, NJ; Providence, 
RI; Richmond, VA; Rochester, MN; Salt Lake City, UT; San Francisco, CA; 
Savannah, GA; Seattle, WA; Spokane, WA; Washington, DC; and Winona, MN. 
The Chamber of Commerce in each city hosted an interactive business 
forum to share research on workplace flexibility as an important 
component of workplace effectiveness. In these same communities, 
businesses applied and winners were selected for the Sloan Awards 
through a process that included employees' views as well as employer 
practices.
  Together, we congratulate the 2008 winners of the Alfred P. Sloan 
Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility.
  In Atlanta, GA, the winners are Alston + Bird LLP; BDO Seidman, LLP; 
Cobb County Convention and Visitors Bureau; Ernst & Young LLP; KPMG 
LLP; Merrick & Company; North Highland; and Sprint.
  In Aurora, CO, the winners are Arapahoe/Douglas Works! Workforce 
Center; Aurora Chamber of Commerce; Medical Center of Aurora and 
Centennial Medical Plaza; and Merrick & Company.
  In Birmingham, AL, the winners are Allstates Technical Services; 
AQAF; Barfield, Murphy, Shank, & Smith PC; Concept, Inc.; Deloitte; 
Ernst & Young LLP; ITAC Solutions; Birmingham Metropolitan YMCA; One 
Stop Environmental, LLC; Resources Global Professionals; and Sellers, 
Richardson, Holman & West, LLP.
  In Boise, ID, the winners are American Geotechnics; Business 
Psychology Associates; Children's Home Society of Idaho; Givens Pursley 
LLP; LeMaster Daniels PLLC; Merrick & Rowley Accounting, LLC; and Trey 
McIntyre Project.
  In Brockton, MA, the winner is KGA, Inc.
  In Chandler, AZ, the winners are A & S Realty Specialists; Arizona 
Interactive Media Group; Arizona Weddings Magazine & Website; BCD Low 
Voltage Systems; The Chandler Chamber of Commerce; Clifton Gunderson 
LLP; Dava & Associates, Inc.; Henry & Horne, LLP; IBM; Intel; Johnson 
Bank; Keats, Connelly & Associates Inc.; MDI; Microchip Technology 
Inc.; New Horizons Independent Living Center; Omega Legal Systems, 
Inc.; Point B; Prescott Transit Authority; RIESTER; Salt River 
Materials Group; Western International University; WhitneyBell Perry 
Inc.; Wist Office Products; and WorldatWork.
  In Charleston, SC, the winners are Booz Allen Hamilton LLP; Community 
Management Group; KFR Services, Inc.; LS3P Associates LTD.; Noisette 
Company, LLC; and Scientific Research Corporation.
  In Chicago, IL, the winners are AzulaySeiden Law Group; BDO Seidman, 
LLP; Deloitte; Ernst and Young LLP; Frost, Ruttenberg & Rothblatt, 
P.C.; IBM--Central Region; KPMG LLP; Microsoft Corporation--Midwest 
District; National Able Network; Perspectives, Ltd; Plante & Moran, 
PLLC; Sanchez Daniels & Hoffman LLP; Shakespeare Squared; Teen Living 
Programs; True Partners Consulting; Turner Construction Company--
Chicago Business Unit; Type A Learning Agency; and Vox, Inc.
  In Dallas, TX, the winners are Aguirre Roden, Inc.; Amerisure Mutual 
Insurance Company; BDO Seidman, LLP; The Beck Group; Community Council 
of Greater Dallas; Deloitte; Grant Thorton LLP; KPMG LLP; Lee Hecht 
Harrison; McQueary Henry Bowles Troy, L.L.P.; State Farm Insurance 
Companies; Symbio Solutions, Inc.; and Workforce Solutions Greater 
Dallas.
  In Dayton, OH, the winners are Barco, Inc.; Deloitte; and LJB Inc.
  In Detroit, MI, the winners are Albert Kahn Family of Companies; 
Amerisure Mutual Insurance Company, The Children's Center of Wayne 
County; BDO Seidman, LLP; Detroit Regional Chamber; The Farbman Group; 
Image One; Lee Hecht Harrison; Menlo Innovations; Michigan Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration--MIOSHA; Mill Steel Company; and 
Peckham Inc.
  In Durham, NC, the winners are The American Institute of Certified 
Public Accountants--AICPA; CrossComm, Inc.; Durham's Partnership for 
Children, a Smart Start Initiative; McKinney; North Carolina Mutual 
Life Insurance Company; The Shodor Education Foundation; Skanska USA 
Building Inc.; and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
  In Houston, TX, the winners are Continental Airlines; Deloitte; El 
Paso Corporation; Fulbright & Jaworski LLP; Hall Barnum Lucchesi 
Architects; Klotz Associates, Inc.; KPMG LLP; Pannell Kerr Forster of 
Texas, P.C.--PKF Texas; Rice University; St. Luke's Episcopal Health 
System; The VIA Group LLC.; University of Phoenix; and Vinson & Elkins 
L.L.P.
  In Lexington, KY, the winners are Ashland Terrace Retirement Home; 
Benefit Insurance Marketing; JRA Architects; Lexmark International, 
Inc.; Potter & Company, LLP; Smiley Pete Publishing; United Way of the 
Bluegrass; and Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, LLP.
  In Long Beach, CA, the winners are AES Alamitos, LLC; Healstone; HR 
NETwork, Inc.; KPMG LLP; Long Beach Rescue Mission; and PeacePartners.
  In Long Island, NY, the winners are Albrecht, Viggiano, Zureck & Co., 
PC; The Alcott Group; Child Care Council of Nassau, Inc.; Deloitte; 
KPMG LLP; and YES Community Counseling Center.
  In Louisville, KY, the winners are A Speaker For You; Delta Dental of 
Kentucky, Inc.; Deming Malone Livesay & Ostroff CPAs, Girl Scouts of 
Kentuckiana Inc.; KPMG LLP; McCauley, Nicholas & Company, LLC, CPAs; 
Metromojo.com; Prestige Healthcare; Pro-Liquitech International; 
Strothman & Company PSC; and Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, L.L.P.
  In Melbourne-Palm Bay, FL, the winners are Brevard Workforce 
Development Board, Inc.; Craig Technologies; Hoyman Dobson; Kinberg & 
Associates,

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LLC; Mercedes Homes; and Space Coast Early Intervention Center.
  In Milwaukee, WI, the winners are Clifton Gunderson LLP; Deloitte; 
Ernst & Young LLP; Kahler Slater; KPMG LLP; Laughlin/Constable; 
Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce; Robert W. Baird & Co; 
Tushaus Computer Services, Inc.; Urban Ecology Center; and West Bend.
  In Morris County, NJ, the winners are Berkeley College; Fein, Such, 
Kahn & Shepard, P.C.; Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey; KPMG LLP; 
Schenck, Price, Smith & King, LLP; Shade Tree Garage; and Solix Inc.
  In Providence, RI, the winners are Embolden Design, Inc.; KPMG LLP; 
Lefkowitz, Garfinkel, Champi & De Rienzo PC; Narragansett Bay 
Commission; Quality Partners of Rhode Island; Rhode Island Legal 
Services, Inc; and Sansiveri, Kimball & McNamee LLP.
  In Richmond, VA, the winners are Bon Secours Richmond Health System; 
Capital One, Hilb Rogal & Hobbs--HRH; Lee Hecht Harrison; Rink 
Management Services Corporation; and Virginia Commonwealth Health 
Systems--VCUHS.
  In Rochester, MN, the winners are Cardinal of Minnesota; Custom 
Alarm/Custom Communications, Inc.; First Alliance Credit Union; IBM; 
RSM McGladrey, Inc. and McGladrey & Pullen, LLP; Southeast Service 
Cooperative; Stanley Jones & Associates, Inc.; Venture Computer 
Systems; and Winona State University--Rochester.
  In Salt Lake City, UT, the winners are 1-800 CONTACTS; AAA Fair 
Credit Foundation; Cactus & Tropicals; Cafe Rio Mexican Grill; Cooper 
Roberts Simonsen Associates, Inc.; Employer Solutions Group; Governor's 
Office of Economic Development; Intermountain Financial Group/Mass 
Mutual; Intermountain Healthcare; McKinnon-Mulherin, Inc.; Redmond, 
Incorporated; SelectHealth; and Stayner, Bates & Jensen.
  In San Francisco, CA, the winners are Fenwick & West LLP; KPMG LLP; 
Lee Hecht Harrison; Mother Jones Magazine/Foundation for National 
Progress; Presynct Technologies, Inc.; Sirna Therapeutics, Inc.; and 
Woodruff-Sawyer & Company.
  In Savannah, GA, the winner is Environmental Services, Inc.
  In Seattle, WA, the winners are BabyLegs LLC; Bader Martin, P.S.; 
BECU; Blue Gecko, Inc.; Cascadia Consulting Group, Inc.; Deloitte; 
EarthCorps; MarketFitz, Inc.; National CASA Association; NRG::Seattle; 
The Puget Sound Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology; Seattle 
Hospitality Group; Washington Health Foundation; WithinReach; and 
Worktank.
  In Spokane, WA, the winners are Career Path Services; Humanix 
Staffing and Recruiting; and Inland Northwest Health Services.
  In Washington, DC, the winners are Booz Allen Hamilton; Capital One; 
Clovis; Craig Technologies; Discovery Communications, Inc.; KPMG LLP; 
List Innovative Solutions, Inc.; and Morgan Franklin Corporation.
  In Winona, MN, the winners are Catholic Charities of the Diocese on 
Winona; Hiawatha Broadband Communications; Management Recruiters of 
Winona; Mediascope, Inc.; Sport & Spine Physical Therapy of Winona; 
Winona ORC Industries; and Winona Workforce Center.

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